Four-in-hand scarf or necktie.



W. K. MEYER,

POUR-N-HAND SCAR? 0R NECKTIE,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1914.

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A FIRIVL COMFOSED OF ILLAM K. MEYER,

ROBERT L. BACHARACH, ANB ARTHUR FR'IEDHEIM.

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Application filed May 19,

To all 'zo/'wm t may concern Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM K. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county oil Kings and State of New York, havev invented certain new and useful Improvements in Four-in-Hand fdcaris or Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more especially to improvements in that class oi scarfs or neckties which are worn tied in a founinfio l without- :zfrasping hand knpt, and its objects are to provide means for preser Ying the scarf or tie against injurious pulling action on the outer or ornamental material and to minimize as far as possible any necessity to grasp with the hands such portion of the scart'1 or tie either in adjusting it on the collar or in actually tying the lmot, and to provide a scarf or tie which may be more readily adjusted on any kind oi collar.

One or" the quickest ways to injure a scarti or four-in-hand tie, particularly those cut on the bias, is to pull on the outer or ornamental material in adjusting it on the collar before tying the knot, and also in adiusting the knot in its proper position. lilith a turn over collar this is especially true, since the scarf sticks or becomes bound in such.

a way that considerable torce isotten neces` sary to malte the scart slip longitudinally on the collar. Also, with any kind of collar it is necessary to hold the under end of the scarf while the lrnot is being tied and this exerts an injurious tension on the outer material if this be grasped as'it usually is 1n this operation. Again, in tightening the knot another pull is usually made on the outer end of the scarf which, if applied to the outer or ornamental material, :further tends toinjure it. My improvement makes it entireiy unnecessary to exert any pull on the outer material. of the scarf in any such cases. In fact, a scarf provided with my :ment may be practically completely tied the ornamental or outer material at all. Furthermore, my improvement makes the tie slip onthe collar' much easier than it would otherwise (lo. in order to more fully describe my yinvention, reference will be had to tlievaccompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1, is a. plan view of a hcuninhand tie or scarf embodying one form of my Specialization. of Letters Patent.

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the neck portion (the narrow portion of thescarf adapted to pass around the collar) and l the ends of 'the scarl a suitable distance from the en s to loe conveniently grasped icy the .fingers and ntilizeo iny adjusting the scarf on the collar and tying it after so adjusted, or adjusting it after it i'J tied. i

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. l to 4, l represents the inner facing or outer lining of the scart' which extends in this case substantially to the ends or the scarf, heing stitched to the outer or erna mental material 2 adiacent the longitudinal edges thereof according to the usual practice in facing scaris. This lining` or facing, however, is looped or Folded upon itself to form 'two talos 3 and e -rliich are stitched transversely as at 5 and 6 to keep the loops from pulling ont. v l

The inner liningor padding ci.E the scarf may be formediloy a strip of sot't ma- .terial 7 inserted between the outer or rnamental material and the inner faci'ig l. This lining' or padding, hr wever, constitutes no part of my invention, and since .t is a well known part of scarfs, need not 'l e further descriloed. l

ln the form of the tie shown in'Fi rs. l to 4, it'will be seen that the talos are not formed on the ends of the inner facing oi tl e scarf, the latter extendingheyond the tabs substantially to the ends of the scarf.

InFig. 5, l have shown my invzntion as applied to an Ascot of Howing @ad 'tie or scarf in which the talos 3 and 4 are formed on the ends of the inner facing" 1, which, in this type of tie or scarf, stops shorter of the ends .of the tie than in the type shown in Fig. l. Obviously, however, even in the type of scarf shown in Fig. l, the inner iacing may notv extend as near the ends of the tie as shown, and the tabs may lie atthe end of the facing asshown in Fig. 5. ln any ease, the tabs may be either intcffral with or attached to the scarf. L

Part interi liifelo. 9, M9152 i .tabs fast to the inner facing of said tying' It will bereudly seen that with scarfs of the kind heredescribed, pulling on tbeouter material may,be avoided by grasping the tabs instead of the ends of the scarf proper. In fact, -all of the operations of adjusting and tying the scarf may be performed with the least possible application of the hands to the outer or ornaniental material of the tie. Moreover, the tabs pulling directl Y on the inner facing and distributing the [lull uniformly across suoli facing, causes the tie to slip longitudinally on the Collar much'easier than if the wholeend of the tie were grasped and pulled'or than if the pulling were done on the inner lining or padding of the tie.

The speiio cases here illustrated are but two ol many forms which my invention may assume.

What I Claim is:

1. A four-in-hand scarf or necktie having n neck-piece and tying ends, and free-end ends exterior to the inner sides o'f-sgid ends and adapted to be grasped by the user in adjusting and tying the necktie, said tabs ariganged'to lie between the knot and the eX-l treme ends of the necktie When the same is tied.

2. A our-in-hand scarf or necktie having a neck-piece and tyinfr ends provided with an inner faeing, a free-end tab integral with said facing on each of said tylng ends,

said tabs being entirely exterior to the innery 

